Kiwanis Club of Sand Lake, NY

President Joseph M. Behson                                                                              Secretary David E. Booker

President-Elect Gerald Tysiak                                                                      Treasurer Robert S. Pasquarelli

Vice President Sarah M. Tripp                                                         Immediate Past Pres Robert R. Loveridge
BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Christopher R. Blais, Roland B. Wagner, Eve M. Ward

Bryce E. Cutler, Deborah McSherry, James E. Rogers

John C. Brownrigg, James M. Colabelli, Margaret R. Weiss

CLUB BULLETIN COMMITTEE

Sandpiper Editor Peg Weiss         Photographer -  Jim Rogers          Web page Editor David E. Booker

MEETING OF JUNE 2, 2008

PRESIDENT Joseph M. Behson presiding

GREETINGS & INVOCATION by Bob Pasquarelli

GUESTS:  Speaker Jennifer O’Neil, APHS Student Assistance Counselor shown with Kelly Stone, on the left.

WELCOME BACK:  Alison Greene and Ken Van Praag

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• DOORS OF HOPE:  Next unloading of food truck is Fri June 6 @ 9AM:  KVP and Ray Turner.  Tues June 17 @ 9AM:  Behson and Booker.

• SL GARDEN CLUB PLANTER PROJECT @ center of Averill Park:  Sat June 14:  Tysiak, Blais, Moccia, Patton, and McSherry.  Sat June 21:  Tysiak and Brownrigg.  BRING TOOLS.  Some will be supplied by Town of Sand Lake.  Call Mikki for details.

• NO MEETING @ LAKEVIEW WEEK AFTER NEXT!  SLK will meet at Boy Scout Camp Rotary in Poestenkill beginning about 4:30PM on Mon June 16^th for our annual work night.  Signup sheet for reservations (a MUST!) for steak & corn roast.

• INVITE A COMMUNITY GUEST NIGHT NEXT WEEK JUNE 9th.  Speaker will be Albany cardiologist Dr. Augustin DeLago.  Remember, if you invite a guest, be sure to notify Dudley by Thurs June 5^th for dinner reservations!

• INTERCLUBS: For Gov-Elect campaign, Tues June 3^rd , Hudson River West Division Council by Minisink Valley Club at Old Erie Pub in Middletown, NY:  Booker, Brownrigg, James, and Ward to attend.  Mon June 9^th, Finger Lakes Division Council at Farmington, NY:  Booker, Colabelli, Weiss, and Rogers to attend.  For Lt Gov-designate Jim Rogers’ contact visits:  Wed June 4^th North Greenbush Club, 6:45 @ Carrol’s Pizza:  Booker & Rogers – it will not be an interclub; Thurs June 5^th Rensselaer Club, 6:30 @ 901 3^rd St. Ambulance Bldg:  Booker, Rogers, Wurtemberger, Pasquarelli & Lane! 

• PHOTOGRAPHER NEEDED for the next few weeks as LTG-designate Jim Rogers will be on the visitor’s trail.  Skip Patton volunteered for June 9^th, and Jim Colabelli for the 16^th.

• DUES NOTICES have been sent out for the 2008-09 year, and are due in full by July 1^st.

• NY DISTRICT DELEGATE ELECTION will be in 3 weeks on June 23^rd.  The club must select 3 delegates, and 3 alternates.  Convention is Aug 6-10 @ Turning Stone Casino.

• THANK YOU NOTE received from Doors of Hope for the donation of food from the US Postal Service collection, particularly to “the nice gentleman with the truck”!

• Immediate Distinguished Past President Bob Loveridge distributed 50/50 raffle ticket, ($50 worth to each member), winner to be selected at Summerfest.  Please sell them—big fundraiser!

• IDPP Bob also reported on the Childrens Miracle Network Telethon held this past weekend.  The combined Capital and Van Rensselaer Divisions of Kiwanis presented a check for $18,366, the most ever!

JUNE BIRTHDAYS: Dave Booker, Gary Meislin, & Fred Wurtemberger were serenaded; Joe Distell, John Glasser, Woodie Hacker, Ken James & Kevin Sarsfield were absent.

JUNE ANNIVERSARIES:  Jim & Jan Colabelli, Dudley & Rose Dorr, and Bob & Joan Pasquarelli were also serenaded; Woodie & Marion Hacker, Scott & Donna Paul, Angelo & Susan Patti, and Joe & Audrey Trupia missed the music!  But Eve’s strawberry cake was fantastic!!

PROGRAM

            Youth Services Co-chair Kelly Stone introduced her colleague, Jennifer O’Neil, a social worker who has been Student Assistance Counselor at Averill Park High School for 2 years, and before that was at Algonquin Middle School for 9 years.  Her goal is to promote a health lifestyle for the students, avoiding alcohol and drugs.  She provides both individual and group counseling in weekly sessions which are confidential between the counselor and student, and may not be disclosed to either parents or school staff.  She approaches kids from a prevention angle, but also is available to students who are already users.  Weekly smoking cessation groups are held to support kids who are trying to quit.  She makes referrals as necessary to agencies such as mental health, unified services, Hudson-Mohawk, and Conifer Park.  Parent programs are held annually, and kids are welcome to attend if they wish to.  Along with School Nurse-Teacher Mrs. Flanigan, Jennifer is advisor to SADD (Students Against Destructive Decisions), and happily reports an 8% to 10% decrease in drug use from last year.  Bob Pasquarelli thanked Ms. O’Neil for her enlightening talk, and presented her with our Certificate of Appreciation.  

HAPPY DOLLARS

$  Kelly, for Jen’s program, and for her great work at the high school!

$  Booker:  Went to Castleton’s meeting, and our newest member, Pat Lane, presented them with a check from Wal-Mart, too!  Also happy that my campaign manager, KVP, is finally here!

$  Pres Joe:  There’s no parade of Red Sox fans tonight!

$  Jim Rogers:  Just had a checkup, and I feel the best I’ve felt in 2 years—no pain!

$  Eve, for my smart grandchildren:  Both Drew and Ethan made the HS honor roll, and Stacy received her master’s degree with high honor!

$  Pat Lane:  My son-in-law finally fixed my lawn mower, and then mowed all 3 acres!

$  Brownrigg, for KVP’s return, for the temperature finally getting above 70 degrees, and for identifying that strange noise as the Yankees trying to climb out of the cellar!

$  Bob Pasquarelli:  Just had my checkup too, with PSA, and I’m now 8 years cancer free!

$  KVP:  It’s nice to be back.  I read the Sandpipers each week, and wondered at the absence of Yankee fans’ support!  I tell you again, it’s going to be a LONG season.....and the Red Sox are not in first place, either!  A sign of the not-so-good-times:  where I live in Florida, St. Lucie County, the 3^rd largest growing municipality, has more than 14,000 tax delinquencies!

Dave embellished my responsibilities as his campaign manager, but I will talk to you later about this club’s responsibilities to his candidacy as District Governor-Elect.

$  Loveridge:  Dave may be a Red Sox fan, but when his back is to the wall, he calls upon the Yankee fans to help him out!

$  Chris:  I do appreciate Jen’s important job, but could she please take the kids out of someone else’s class!

$  Alison:  I’m getting married!  To Kevin Calacone!  Next year!  He gave me the ring this past weekend.  We told my parents right after we did it! ........... I mean after I got the ring!!

$  Bryce:  Welcome back, Alison!  Last week I took a tour of wonderful Fenway Park.......!  I’m glad the Yankees know it will be a really LONG season!

$  Nancy:  Don’t forget I have tickets for both the Bicentennial dinner and raffle.  Both honorees, Sid and Doris, will be there.  And a dunking booth is coming!

$  Bill Whipple:  Last year our son Scott declined officer training in favor of getting married. This year, he is now in Marine OTC!  No comment!

$  Gary:  My son Kevin is home for a week and a half from Washington, DC, and went with me to visit my daughter and my twin grandsons!

$  Chris:  This is from an “anonymous” donor (?)  You hear lots of stuff hanging out at the Java Beanery, like who was voted in high school as the “most flirtatious”, but I promised that I wouldn’t mention Nancy’s name!   

DOOR PRIZE, provided by Kelly, was won by Alison Greene!

50/50 for $27 was won by Jerry Tysiak!

MEGA 50/50, now worth $635.10, defied the best efforts of Joe Cybulski, who could only find the 10 of Clubs, not the elusive King, from among the remaining 12 cards!

NEXT WEEK      PROGRAM:  Dale Hall presents Dr Augustin DeLago, Director of the Cardiac

JUNE 9                  Catheterization Laboratory & Interventional Cardiology at Albany Med Center

                                                INVITE A COMMUNITY GUEST NIGHT (but be sure you tell DUDLEY!)

                                                GREETER/INVOCATOR/CERTIFICATE:  Chet Melius

JUNE 16                                WORK NIGHT AT BOY SCOUT CAMP ROTARY

                                                SIGNUP MANDATORY FOR STEAK ROAST

JUNE 23                                PROGRAM:  Skip Patton

                                                GREETER/INVOCATOR/CERTIFICATE:  Bob Carpenter

JUNE 30                                PROGRAM:  Bob Reiter

                                                GREETER/INVOCATOR/CERTIFICATE:  Eve Ward   

SPIRITUAL THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK:

                “Be interesting, be enthusiastic.....and don’t talk too much.”   Norman Vincent Peale 

BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING

ROLL CALL:  All officers and directors present except Sarah Tripp

SECRETARY’S MINUTES of May 5^th and Special Board Meeting of May 28^th accepted.

TREASURER’S REPORT - Balance $30,627.27.  Please get those sponsorships in SOON!

HIGHLIGHTS OF COMMITTEE REPORTS:

Community  Services (Mikki):  PTA meetings, Doors of Hope food unloading, liaison to Bicentennial Comm.,

 Cemetery cleanup with Girl Scouts, Garden Club Plant Sale, signs x 3

Interclubs:  3 out, to Castleton, Hoosick Falls, and Garden City

Education & Membership (Bob P):  3 new members inducted

Publicity (Joe Cub):  articles about Summerfest in multiple publications, daily and weekly.  Summerfest Chairs, get info to me NOW!

Senior Services:  Blood Analysis Clinic @ APHS May 17

Sponsorded Youth:  Attended Key Clubs meetings.  Planning for Relay For Life.

Ways & Means:  Summerfest planning sessions—4 weeks to go!  Get sponsors NOW!  Give raffle money directly to Bob Loveridge

Young Child #1 (Loveridge):  Childrens Miracle Network Telethon, donated $18,366!

OLD BUSINESS

            Bob Loveridge reported that new shirts are needed to give to Partners in Service.  List of names was requested.  Friends of Kiwanis so far are DEA Computing, Ackner Fuels, and Hannaford WSL.  Lakeview Inn (Bonnie Wittman) will be honored next week.

NEW BUSINESS

1.        Resignation accepted with regret from Sarah Tripp, as Vice President and President-elect designate,  due to work constraints.

2.       $100 approved for Circle K Governor to attend Denver convention.

3.       $285 approved for local Boy Scout to attend camp on Long Lake—to give presentation.

4.       Approved use of food trailer Sat June 28^th @ SL Library Fair Day from 11-3:  Working will be Jim Colabelli, Joe Behson, Eve Ward, Ron Wagner, Peg Weiss.

5.       Ad Hoc committee appointed to study recognition of long time SLKs:  Behson & Fioravanti.

6.       Pres-Elect Jerry Tysiak to present awards at high school Awards Night.

7.       Friends of Kiwanis induction—Lakeview, next week.  Peg to invite Bonnie Wittman (done, and accepted, but should be reminded before next meeting.)

8.       Megan Sanzo, Key Club DPLG, approved for membership.  Very active, likes SLK, is in college so can’t make every meeting.

9.       Use of large tent approved for Clayton Besch at his home Sunday June 8^th.

10.    $525 approved for campership for student from WSL Elem to Kamp Kiwanis.  Wendy Prout and school nurse to choose.

11.     $150 approved from Youth Services for National Brain Tumor Assoc (Andrew’s Warriors); fundraiser Tues July 15 @ Troy Country Club.

12.    URGENT NEED FOR VP & VP-ELECT!  All members need to contact those they know.  Help is needed to find responsible leaders.   Help is available—committee chairs for each fundraiser know what to do.  Need to discuss this with entire membership.

VAN RENSSELAER DIVISION:  Next Council Meeting Tues July 22^nd at Hoosick Falls.

                Next will be Mon Sept 29^th at Sand Lake!

NEW YORK DISTRICT:  Gov-Elect candidate meeting members all over the state.  Registrations

                available for convention at Turning Stone Aug 6-10 (about a 2 hr drive).

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